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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

'lingering around the corner'

What does 'lingering around the corner' really means? I have seen this phrased use so many times but I never get what it really means.

Thanks

PBF
  

Top answer

Should be "Lurking around the corner". Look up "lurk" in the dictionary.

— Huevos

  • Should be "Lurking around the corner".
  • Look up "lurk" in the dictionary.
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Should be "Lurking around the corner". Look up "lurk" in the dictionary.
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"Lingering" to me means hanging around when you really should go. Something seems to keep you there. You know you should go, but you want to stay.

It differs from "loitering," which can imply that you're a vagrant.

"Lurking" to me means you're somewhat concealed, possibly awaiting your chance to perpetrate some crime or mischief.

If there's a large building on the cor
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Avangi, you can't reason like that with an idiom.
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lingering around the corner - waiting to happen (possibly soon).
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HuevosAvangi, you can't reason like that with an idiom.
You're right, Huevos. I foolishly tried to read your idiom into the OP's idiom and failed to recognize either one of them. I think Optilang came up with the right solution. (I often hear, "lurking in the shadows.")

Respectfully, - A.

Edit. Google -

lingering around
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Its "lurking" not "lingering". Try a google search.
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PeaceblinkfriendWhat does 'lingering around the corner' really means? I have seen this phrased use so many times but I never get what it really means.
Figuratively, "about to happen", "impending". (It's as if you were walking along a street and just as you turned the corner, there it was.)
CJ
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